The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 20, 1906
Waning Crescent
17.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 AM
2:34 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.9%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -208
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.2° / 219.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 46m / -16.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.25° / 1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.02° / -0.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.33° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.